Terrestrial Navigation: A Primer for Deck Officers and Officer of the Watch Exams

Author:   Philip M. Smith
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781138674721


Pages:   142
Publication Date:   02 October 2017
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Author:   Philip M. Smith
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.240kg
ISBN:  

9781138674721


ISBN 10:   1138674729
Pages:   142
Publication Date:   02 October 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Contents List of Figures & Tables About the author Preface Acknowledgements Disclaimer Chapter 1. UNITS & TERMINOLOGY. 1.1 Latitude. 1.2 Longitude. 1.3 Terrestrial Positions 1.4 Nautical Mile 1.5 Departure. 1.6 Basic Trigonometry. 1.7 Difference of Latitude. 1.8 Difference of Longitude 1.9 Courses & Direction. 1.10 Quadrantal Notation of Direction. Chapter 2. PARALLEL SAILINGS. Chapter 3. PLANE SAILINGS. 3.0 Plane Sailings 3.1 Departure. 3.2 Finding the Mean Latitude. 3.3 Top Tips for solving Plane Sailing Calculations. Chapter 4. MERCATOR SAILINGS. 4.0 Mercator sailing 4.1 Latitude Scale distortion. 4.2 Meridional Parts. 4.3 Meridional Part Table. 4.4 Difference in Meridional Parts 4.5 Properties of the Mercator Chart. 4.6 Top Tips For solving Mercator Calculations Chapter 5. GREAT CIRCLE SAILINGS. 5.0 Great Circle Sailings. 5.1 The Great Circle Route and the Spherical Triangles. 5.2 What is a Great Circle? 5.3 Great Circle Distance Calculation. 5.4 Great Circle Formula and Rules. 5.5 Great Circle Initial Course Calculation. 5.6 The Vertex. 5.7 Calculating the Longitude of Vertex. (Worked Example). 5.8 Calculating the Latitude of the Vertex. 5.9 Calculating the Initial Course, Distance and position of the Vertex (Fully Worked Example). 5.10 Waypoints. 5.11 To Calculate the Positions of the Waypoints. 5.12 Creating the Passage Plan. 5.13 Calculating Position of Waypoints along a Track. 5.14 The Passage Plan Table of waypoints. Chapter 6. COMPOSITE GREAT CIRCLES– 6.0 Composite Great Circles- Use of Napier’s Rules. 6.1 Populating Napier’s Cartwheel. 6.2 Composite Great Circle Formulae. 6.3 Compliments of Angles (Napiers Rules). 6.4 Departure along Limiting Parallel of latitude. 6.5 Calculating Initial Course.Course Angle A. 6.6 Positions of Vertex V1. (D. Long AtoV1). 6.7 Positions of Vertex V2. (D. Long BtoV2). 6.8 Finding Total Distance. Chapter 7. ESTIMATING TIME OF ARRIVAL. 7.0 ETA’s. 7.1 Standard Time Tables. 7.2 Calculation of Steaming Time. 7.3 To Calculate Speed Required. 7.4 Advancing & Retarding Ships’ Clocks. 7.5 Crossing the International Date Line. Chapter 8. TERRESTRIAL NAVIGATION TEST PAPERS WORKED SOLUTIONS. 8.1 Paper 1 + worked solutions. 8.2 Paper 2 + worked solutions. 8.3 Paper 3 + worked solutions. 8.4 Paper 4 + worked solutions. 8.5 Paper 5 + worked solutions. 8.6 Paper 6 + worked solutions. 8.7 Paper 7 + worked solutions. 8.8 Paper 8 + worked solutions. 8.9 Paper 9 + worked solutions. 8.10 Paper 10 + worked solutions. 8.11 Paper 11 + worked solutions. 8.12 Paper 12 + worked solutions. 8.13 Paper 13 + worked solutions. 8.14 Paper 14 + worked solutions. 8.15 Paper 15 + worked solutions. 8.16 Paper 16 + worked solutions. 8.17 Paper 17 + worked solutions. 8.18 Paper 18 + worked solutions. 8.19 Paper 19 + worked solutions. 8.20 Paper 20 + worked solutions. References Appendix 1 NAVIGATIONAL FORMULA SHEET Appendix 2 MERIDIONAL PARTS TABLES Appendix 3 STANDARD TIME TABLES INDEX

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Dimitrios Dalakalis is an assistant professor at the World Maritime University who has written a book on electronic navigation equipment, and is currently preparing a proposal for us on maritime security. Dimitrios no longer teaches at this level, but has done in this past. He sees this book as supplementary reading, and would like to see a series of primer books in the future, each one covering an aspect of maritime studies, all with a lecture notes and exam aid feel to them. Likes: Simplicity and focused content Really enjoyed the integration of solved/unsolved problems Really liked the top-tips section. Style in general is strongly recommended for students by Dimitrios Dislikes: Style not consistent Theory sometimes needs to be explained in more detail Captain Robert Hone is a navigation lecturer at Plymouth University. Robert uses Nav Basics, a Witherby title, for his courses. We've recently poached the author of Nav Basics - Abdul Khalique, so this is good news. Bob wasn't as keen on this book as Dimitrios, and suggested that it may be worth adding 'examination' before primer in the title, something I'm putting to Phil at the moment. In spite of all his suggestions Bob would be happy to suggest this book as a supplementary text to his students, or as a primer for their exams. Likes: Modern feel Plenty of examples Good as a primer but not as a core text Dislikes: Diagrams need work Trig section overcomplicated (Phil is working on this at the moment) Old fashioned techniques in the age of GPS. However, these techniques are still a must-have for exams - student must show that they can navigate without modern equipment in case it's ever required at sea (i.e. power failure affecting certain parts of the ship but not others) Lots of books on navigation out there (this will be our first though and it's a big market) Improvements required: List from Dimitrios - some very useful pointers here Simplify text in certain areas and work on the style - Phil is doing this and has a colleague lined up to look through the book once he's done. Generalise some of the questions so that they can be used several times (e.g. pick two ports, work out the distance between both of them and ...)


Dimitrios Dalakalis is an assistant professor at the World Maritime University who has written a book on electronic navigation equipment, and is currently preparing a proposal for us on maritime security. Dimitrios no longer teaches at this level, but has done in this past. He sees this book as supplementary reading, and would like to see a series of primer books in the future, each one covering an aspect of maritime studies, all with a lecture notes and exam aid feel to them. Likes: Simplicity and focused content Really enjoyed the integration of solved/unsolved problems Really liked the top-tips section. Style in general is strongly recommended for students by Dimitrios Dislikes: Style not consistent Theory sometimes needs to be explained in more detail Captain Robert Hone is a navigation lecturer at Plymouth University. Robert uses Nav Basics, a Witherby title, for his courses. We've recently poached the author of Nav Basics - Abdul Khalique, so this is good news. Bob wasn't as keen on this book as Dimitrios, and suggested that it may be worth adding 'examination' before primer in the title, something I'm putting to Phil at the moment. In spite of all his suggestions Bob would be happy to suggest this book as a supplementary text to his students, or as a primer for their exams. Likes: Modern feel Plenty of examples Good as a primer but not as a core text Dislikes: Diagrams need work Trig section overcomplicated (Phil is working on this at the moment) Old fashioned techniques in the age of GPS. However, these techniques are still a must-have for exams - student must show that they can navigate without modern equipment in case it's ever required at sea (i.e. power failure affecting certain parts of the ship but not others) Lots of books on navigation out there (this will be our first though and it's a big market) Improvements required: List from Dimitrios - some very useful pointers here Simplify text in certain areas and work on the style - Phil is doing this and has a colleague lined up to look through the book once he's done. Generalise some of the questions so that they can be used several times (e.g. pick two ports, work out the distance between both of them and ...)


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Philip M. Smith is a Senior Lecturer at Warsash Maritime Academy. After over 22 years at sea navigating, for the most part in a traditional way, he now teaches Officer of the Watch and Cadets Terrestrial Navigation.

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